Combined ash sifter and receptacle.



No. 684,483. Patented Oct. l5, l90l.

J. A. WANG. COMBINED ASH SIFTER AND REGEPTAGLE.

(Applicakion filed Nov. 21, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES JENS A. WANG, OF STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN.

COMBINED ASH SIFTER AND RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,483, dated October 15, 1901. Application filed November 21, 1900. fierial No. 37,258. N model-J To all whom zit may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ENS A.WANG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stoughton, county ofDane, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Ash-Sifter and Receptacle, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to improvements in a combined ash sifter and receptacle, and it pertains to that class in which the sifter or screen after having been filled with unsifted ashes is shaken by an operating-handle from the exterior within the inclosed receptacle, whereby the dust arising therefrom is prevented from escaping.

My invention pertains, first, to the device for removably supporting the screen-box at its respective ends from the sides of the ashreeeptacle by two separate hangers in such a manner that when the ashes have been sifted out the screen-box with the coal can be readily removed from the ash-receptacle and emptied, and, second, to the manner of con- 'necting the screen-supporting hangers and box with the operating-handle.

The construction of my invention is further explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 2 represents a top View, and Fig. 3 is a detail.

Like parts are identified by the same reference-letters throughout the several views.

A represents the ash receptacle. B is the screen-box. The screen-box B is supported at its respective ends from the verticalwalls 1 C C of the ash-receptacle by the U-shaped hangers D and D, which hangers extend through the walls 0 C, as shown in Fig. 2.

E is the operating-handle. The handle E is preferably formed integral with the hanger D and at such an angle thereto that when the screen-box B is in the position indicated in Fig.1 the handle E will be brought to the horizontal position shown. One end of the hanger D extends through the wall 0 of the ash-receptacle beneath the handle E, whereby it serves as a stop for supporting said handle E when the same is not in use.

F is the screen. The screen F is preferably located a slight distance above the bottom of the screen-box, and said screen-box is provided at its respective sides with recesses G G, which extend upwardly above the plane of the lower edge of the box, for the reception of the lower end of the hangers D and D. It will be obvious that by this construction the screen-box can be readily removed from the ash-receptacle, as the parts are in no way interlocked or fastened together. Thescreenbox having been emptied, it is again placed upon the hangers D and D, (without regard to the location of said hangers,) when by moving the handle E upward and downward the lower ends of the hangers will of themselves become engaged in said recesses G without further attention of the operator. The handles H H of the screen-box are secured to the inner vertical walls of said box, whereby they are prevented from coming in contact with the ash-receptacle,as they would otherwise were they attached to the exterior of the walls in the ordinary way. The ashreceptacle is also provided with handles I I, of the ordinary construction, by which the same can be readily carried or emptied of its contents, itbeing understood that preparatory to so doing the cover J andscreen-box B are removed therefrom. To prevent the bottom K of the ash-receptacle from being broken or jammed by contact with the uneven surface on which the receptacle rests, it is preferably secured to the side and end walls at a slight distance from their lower edges, as indicated in Fig. 1. Toprevent the walls of the ash-receptacle from being worn or broken by contact with the bearings of the hangers, the same are preferably provided with flanged sleeves L, which are inserted through the perforations formed therefor in the walls when one end of such sleeves respectively is riveted down to retain them in place, as indicated in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with the portable ash-receptacle A of the hangers D, D mounted horizontally in said receptacle; and the screen-box B removably supported on said hangers, the hanger D being provided with a handle E, and the hanger D projecting at 5 one end beyond the outer side of said receptacle, to serve as a stop or rest for said handle, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I' affi'x my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

J ENS A. WANG,

Witnesses:

H. A. HUBER, ED SWAN. 

